Tweezer-Zaks N, Zandman-Goddard G, Lidar M, Har-Zahav Y, Livneh A, Langevitz P. A Long-Term Follow-up after Cardiac Transplantation in a Lupus Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007;
1110:539-43. [PMID:
17911469 DOI:
10.1196/annals.1423.057]
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Abstract
Heart or heart-lung transplantations have only rarely been performed in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who like other patients with multi-system autoimmune diseases are traditionally excluded from consideration for such transplantations. In view of the limited experience with heart transplantation in these patients, we report the successful transplantation outcome in a lupus patient and review the literature in relation to graft and recipient conditions.
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